On 09/21/2012 11:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:50:36 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote: > >> On 21/09/2012 14:13, xliiv wrote: >>> Why is this '2 years release cycle'? >>> >>> >> Because there aren't enough volunteers to get it done any faster? > Because if it were any faster, it would piss off a lot of people. > > Python's release cycle is actually closer to 18 months for minor releases > (3.2 -> 3.3, for example), and 10 years for major releases (2.x -> 3.x). > But consider, C and C++ don't have minor releases *at all*. The last > versions of those two languages are C99 and C+98 -- that's FOURTEEN YEARS > since the last version of C++. And Java hasn't had a major feature update > since 2006.
"C++0x was the working name of a new ISO C++ standard, which was then released in 2011 as C++11 ..." according to http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html And it replaced C++03, released in 2003. > For a programming language with a lot of corporate use, Python already > seems like it changes at the drop of a hat. > > Correct. -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
